Lyons vs Ontario

A side-by-side comparison of Lyons and Ontario: population, income, housing, and more.

Lyons and Ontario are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lyons has the higher population (3,536 vs 2,176 in Ontario). Lyons has the higher median household income ($66,543 vs $52,625 in Ontario). Ontario has the higher median home value ($189,400 vs $89,400 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Ontario
Population	3,536	2,176
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,543	$52,625
Median home value	$89,400	$189,400
Median gross rent	$856	$688
Housing units	1,684	1,122
Homeownership rate	66.9%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Ontario
Population	3,590 → 3,536 (-1.5%)	1,942 → 2,176 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$50,978 → $66,543 (+30.5%)	$46,161 → $52,625 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $89,400 (+17.8%)	$145,200 → $189,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $856 (+10.9%)	$751 → $688 (-8.4%)

Lyons

Population

3,5903,536

Median household income

$50,978$66,543

Median home value

$75,900$89,400

Median gross rent

$772$856

Ontario

Population

1,9422,176

Median household income

$46,161$52,625

Median home value

$145,200$189,400

Median gross rent

$751$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Ontario
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	18.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.8%
75 and over	5.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Ontario
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	89.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Ontario
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Ontario
Drove alone	82.7%	88.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.4%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Ontario
1-unit, detached	64.7%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Ontario
Poverty rate	21.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1938	1958